('Toward a Theory of Hypertextual Design', Kathleen Burnett,
Postmodern Culture, January 1993)
"Hypertext demonstrates "traits that are usually
obscured by the enforced linearity of paper printing";
it is text - only more so - because it participates in
a structure that resonates asynchronous and
non-linear relationships. Hypertext is a kind of
weaving - "text" derives ultimately from the Latin
'texere' and thus shares a common root with "textile"....."
('Toward a Theory of Hypertextual Design', Kathleen Burnett,
Postmodern Culture, January 1993)
